reports from ukraine say armed soldiers have been going door to door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self styled referendums on joining russia. russian state media says door to door voting is necessary for security reasons. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south and cover around 15% of ukraine s territory. the so called referendums have been widely condemned. president biden described them as a sham and a false pretext to try to illegally annex parts of ukraine. our correspondent, james waterhouse. reports from kyiv. russia s version of their so called referendums a free and fair democratic process where ukrainians in kherson decide whether they want tojoin russia. but, on the same spot today in the city centre, it s deserted. ukrainian officials have posted footage like this. apparently, ballots being taken door to door with the sup
hello and welcome to bbc news. reports from ukraine say armed soldiers have been going door to door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self styled referendums onjoining russia. russian state media says door to door voting is necessary for security reasons. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south, and cover around 15% of ukraine s territory. the so called referendums have been widely condemned. president biden described them as a sham and a false pretext to try to illegally annex parts of ukraine. our correspondent, james waterhouse, reports from kyiv. russia s version of their so called referendums a free and fair democratic process where ukrainians in kherson decide whether they want tojoin russia. but, on the same spot today in the city centre, it s deserted. ukrainian officials have posted footage like this. apparently, ballots being
authorities say they have regained control of the town. they accuse kurdish separatists of stirring up unrest in iran and say they have launched a cross border artillery attack on militant bases in the kurdish region of northern iraq. iran has rarely seen widespread protest like this over a civil rights issue, but what started as a movement against mandatory hijabs and for equality between the sexes has escalated to calls for regime change, and women are leading the way. leana hosea, bbc news. i ve been speaking to hadi nili from bbc persian. i asked him what the current situation was like in iran. the protests a re the protests are still going on in different cities, including tehran, the capital, and this is this part of the full show of force by the iran regime security apparatus. we ve seen that on video, taken of citizens sent to media like bbc
several cities in iran of more clashes between anti government protesters and the police, including in the capital, tehran. police say they ve arrested more than 700 protesters at anti government demonstrations and officials say 35 people have been killed. this follows the death of 22 year old mahsa amini who was detained for allegedly breaking rules on wearing the hijab and died in hospital on friday, after spending three days in a coma. well i m joined now by hadi nili from bbc persian to discuss this further. what are the protests like currently? what level of control is there in iran. below you can see the protests are still going on in the cities including the capital, tehran. and this is the full show of force by the iranian regime and the security apparatus. we have seen that on video taken by citizens, and sent to me at the busy purchaser. it sent to me at the busy purchaser. sent to me at the busy urchaser. , ., , ., . , purchaser. it shows forces shooting purchaser. it sho
some suggest it is because of internal rivalries within the group. whatever the cause, it s prolonging this period of deep uncertainty about the future that many afghans are facing. returning to the situation in panjshir, that s the province just to the north of kabul, it s the one place yet to be fully captured by the taliban. we have conflicting reports coming out of there, but the taliban seem to be saying that they have made some advances, fighters calling themselves the resistance are yet to be defeated, however. in the past few minutes they have issues a statement warning of a potential humanitarian crisis developing and panjshir there. secunder kermani in kabul. i asked hadi nili of the bbc s persian service what iran s relationship with the taliban had been historically. when the taliban took power in kabul, it was a quite eventful situation and time for the iranian government. there are reports of iranian diplomats being killed by taliban forces